Nickel (United States coin)
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A nickel is a five-cent coin minted by the United States Mint worth 1⁄20 of a dollar. Currently composed of cupronickel, the piece has been issued since 1866. Its diameter is 0.835 inches and its thic
US Nickel Obverse
A 1796 half dime
1829 silver five-cent piece
Spencer M. Clark, Supervisor of the Currency Bureau, placed his own likeness on the five-cent U.S. fractional currency note, leading directly to legislation prohibiting the depiction of any living person on U.S. currency.
Jefferson nickel
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The Jefferson nickel has been the five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint since 1938, when it replaced the Buffalo nickel. From 1938 until 2004, the copper-nickel coin's obverse featured a pro
Nickel (United States coin)
…introduced in 1913 as part of a drive to increase the beauty of American coinage. The nickel is minted in its modern form as the modification of the Jefferson nickel, which was first introduced in 1938. In 2004 and 2005, special Jefferson nickel designs in honor of the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition…
Nellie Tayloe Ross (right), Director of the Mint, and Edward Bruce, Director of the Section of Painting and Sculpture, inspect candidates for the design of the new Jefferson nickel, April 1938
During World War II, the mint mark of the part-silver "war nickels" appeared above the image of Monticello.
This reverse of the Indian Peace Medal struck for Jefferson served as the basis of one of the Westward Journey designs